FILM—If you’re sick of bloated blockbusters and dramas, the Hollywood Theatre has just what you need: a good old-fashioned Grindhouse Trailer Apocalypse! Featuring 35mm trailers from the ’70s and ’80s that run the gamut from exploitation to horror to revenge, this is one apocalypse that, according to the Hollywood’s Dan Halsted, “is guaranteed to work the crowd into a mouth-foaming frenzy.” ERIK HENRIKSEN
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 7:30 pm, $8
BIKES—The next time someone tells you the war on cars is real, make them read Bike Battles, historian/bike-nerd James Longhurst’s account of the many historical precedents for peacefully sharing the road (even English monarchs got it! Get on the king’s level, wayward SUVs!). Longhurst’s book tour (by bike!) comes to Portland today. Take a break from Pedalpalooza, and learn a thing or two! MEGAN BURBANK
Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park, noon, FREE, all ages